Posts With Keyword ‘Class 2A Girls State Basketball Tournament’

Ideally the members of the Pella Christian girls basketball team are still basking in the afterglow of their outstanding run to the Class 2A State Championship game, but before long the returning members will start setting their sights on next season.

A 12-point first quarter deficit left the Pella Christian girls basketball team in a hole they could never fully dig themselves out of, as the Lady Eagles’ great postseason run ended at the hands of Western Christian in a 67-57 loss Friday night in the Class 2A State Championship game.

A 60-49 semifinal win over IKM-Manning put the Pella Christian girls basketball team into the program’s first ever State Championship game, and sets up a rematch of one of their three losses this season, as the Eagles will face Western Christian.

Clutch free throws late in the fourth quarter helped the Pella Christian girls seal a 66-63 victory over previously unbeaten West Hancock Tuesday morning in the Class 2A State Quarterfinals in Des Moines.

A week of anticipation and preparation ends this morning for the Pella Christian girls basketball team, as the Lady Eagles hit the court at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines to face West Hancock in the Class 2A State Quarterfinals.

While talent and teamwork are certainly key elements of a state championship-caliber team, leadership and experience also factor in heavily as to which remaining squad gets to hoist the championship trophy at the end of tournament week.

With most of the members of last year’s State Tournament-qualifying team back from a season ago, the expectations were high in the 2011-12 season for the Pella Christian girls basketball team. After a long and challenging journey, the Lady Eagles again find themselves among the eight-team field at Wells Fargo Arena, with their State Tournament run starting this Tuesday morning. Following Pella Christian’s win over Monticello on Monday night, KNIA/KRLS Sports Director Eric Gotschall talked with all seven seniors on this year’s squad about what makes this season different, what they’ve enjoyed the most about the ride so far, and why they think they’ve got what it takes to make a splash in “the Well”.

The Pella Christian girls basketball team is in the midst of a full week of practice now, following Monday night’s Class 2A Regional Final victory over Monticello, and Lady Eagles’ head coach Kevin Van Maanen says much of the week will be business as usual for his squad.